Blubber

By Judy Blume

Subjects: Chinese Americans, Interpersonal conflict, Overweight children, Juvenile Fiction, hippies, Bullying, fiction, class presidents, mock trials, Large type books, Accessible book, stamp collecting, yoga, Teasing, Social Themes, Bullying, Girls, fiction, Girls, Children, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Spanish language materials, pranks, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Obesity in children, Conduct of life, Fifth grade (Education), Jews, Peer Pressure, Schools, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Girls & Women, Friendship, overweight

Description: Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.